Week 2 Reflection

This week I feel like I developed an even more in depth understanding of action research topics. I think one of the most difficult things for me so far was to develop a good inquiry that will be something that allows me to collect appropriate data and will ultimately benefit our campus. After watching the videos I understood a little more how these research projects are put in place and the benefits of them for teacher and administrator development. The text was extremely helpful in understanding how to develop inquiries. After identifying needs for my specific campus in each area it became easier to create inquiries that I thought would benefit our campus and student performance. It also helped me narrow down the focus of one of my possible topics. After discussing topics with my site supervisor I have narrowed my topics down to two. I believe that I am going to be examining the outcome of effective technology implementation and professional development on our math scores in our 4th grade class. I decided on this topic because a pilot program using ipad's in math and science classes will be taking place this year on our campus and that lends itself to collecting appropriate data on the technology implementation and its effect on our math scores.